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Title: Childs' rare flowers, vegetables & fruits
Identifier: childsrareflower00john_6 (find matches)
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: John Lewis Childs (Firm); Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Commercial catalogs Seeds; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Vegetables Catalogs; Fruit trees Catalogs; John Lewis Childs (Firm); Commercial catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture); Seeds; Flowers; Vegetables; Fruit trees
Publisher: Floral Park, N. Y. : John Lewis Childs
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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118 JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, FLORAL PARK. N. Y. '.SULPHUR EA'
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£epl)yrui)tlKs. The Zephyr flowers, or Fairy Lilies, are gems of rare beauty; and when plained either in pots or the open ground they produeo very beautiful Lily-like flowers nearly all rammer. Though some «jf the varieties are old. they are not generalIv known or seen in eultivati"ii. owing to the faet that they have never been properly and thoroughly introduced. When once grown they are always grown, for thes air i >ne of the prettiest and easiest.grown flowers it is possible to have. They are of a lovely section of the great and popular Amaryllis laniil \. For pot culture plant three or four in a 5 or «-inoh pot and they will bloom beautifully. For the garden plant in spring and lift them in the fall, like Gladiolus. We offer here several new sorts of great beauty, which makes a col- lection of six superb kinds. Those who plant them, either in pots or the open ground, will he delighted with them. RoseaâBeautiful clear rose; flowers large and very handsome. One of the oldest and best; blooms all summer. 6c. each : 3 for 10c. Sulphurea - (Giant Flowei:f.d). This produces flowers as large as a large Ama- ryllis, and on sterns 15 to 24 inches in height. One of the clearest and finest shades of yellow we ever saw. The shape ot the flower is perfect ion itself. It is one of the choicest gems in the bulb line. 10c. each : 3 for 25c. :â 13 f- ir T.'.e. AtamascoâThis is. in all respects, much like Rosea, except in color, which is pure white. Flowers large and very beautiful. A cheap but magnillcent sort. 6c each : 3 for 10c.: 12 foraoc. _ FlorlbundaâA new.6ort. and unlike all others. It hears its flowers usually in pairs, two on one stem. It is very beautiful, being of a rich golden yellow, and exceedingly sweet-scented, its perfume being unlike any other flower we ever saw. Flowers as large as a good Amaryllis and exi lingly handsome. It is one of the verv finest bulb novelties. 10c. each : 3 for 20c.: 12 fos 60e. Andei-sonlâA little beauty, its flowers being smaller than the others: beautiful tulip-shaped, and orange-yellow in color. A tree bloomer. 5e. each: 3 for 10c.; 12 for 330. Candida ImprovedâPure white, and the freest bloomer of all. though not so large. 5c. each : 3 for loc.: 12 for 25c. SPtCIAL OFFERâOtic fine bulb each of f/iese six lovely Zephyr flowers for only 3oe.; S of each for 75c; IS of each for ft. 5ft

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